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"This collaborative research by several AFSC Divisions will address objectives within NOAA's Arctic Vision and Strategy (NOAA 2011), and contribute to the implementation of NOAA's Arctic Action Plan (NOAA 2014) for pursuing responsible Arctic region stewardship and enhancing international partnerships. Surveys to assess the abundance of managed fish stocks and ice-associated seals and to collect oceanographic data are goals of the Arctic Action Plan for Living Marine Resources Surveys and Assessments. This research will meet these goals by providing information on how species distribution and marine food webs are altered by climate and seasonal ice in the northern Bering Sea, and for ice seals, in the Chukchi Sea"--Introduction.

Coastal regions around Alaska are experiencing the most rapid and extensive onset of OA compared to anywhere else in the United States. By integrating observational data with species response studies, OA forecast models, and human impact assessments,...

"Ice is the defining feature characterizing the seasonal physical and biological environment of the Bering Sea. As in other ecosystems throughout the world, the Bering Sea is warming. Areas of the Bering Sea that historically were seasonally ice-cove...

"The Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem supports a wide array of living marine resources from Atlantic sea scallops, one of the most valuable, to the North Atlantic Right whale, one of the most endangered. All of these resources - fish, invertebrates, ma...